That way , I'm gonna just devote that portion of the plate to the starchy carbohydrate . And so it gives me a little bit more responsibility in terms of portion control cause those are the foods . Um , again , probably , you know , dopamine driven that are most easily overeaten .
So even even intermittent fasting , like , you know , like you said , like that could be , it's , it's for people that are grazers . Like if you are a grazer and your real problem is portion control over the course of the day , but you can respond to a rule that says no , uh you're eating between here and here that you can obey that rule . Well , you're not gonna be able to graze during the times that you might be doing a day damage .
But it's for the exact reason that if it's that 23 hour day phenomenon that it's like , you know , you said you're impressed , it is impressive . You know , it's so hard to control all of our behaviors and food being one of the hardest thing , you know , one of the biggest temptations for people , you gotta learn how to control that for so long and then do it day after day after day . Um , whatever that mechanism is that works for you , it is , is impressive and , and I , and I'm , and I'm a , I'm , I'm a believer in it , you know , II , I think that's the , that's , that's how I feel .
How should people think about what to eat ? So , yeah , I , I have what I like what I call plate method and it's just , it's just simple because it works for me , you know , um and , and again , if you're struggling with um with real eating issues , these , these mechanisms become admittedly less effective because you're having maybe you have emotionally triggered eating and you can't stop at one plate . I mean that you could get the plate right ?
And I mean , it's a plate full of rice that you wouldn't find me make a plate . That way , I'm gonna just devote that portion of the plate to the starchy carbohydrate . And so it gives me a little bit more responsibility in terms of portion control cause those are the foods .
